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Temperatures are expected to fall as low as -5C on Monday night in the Midlands, Wales, the north-east and Wales, with warnings that drivers could face risky icy conditions on the roads on Tuesday morning. Temperatures will range from 4 to 7 degrees but windy conditions in the morning will make it seem much colder. However towards the end of the week it is expected there will be a mostly dry period with just a few light showers possible. (more...)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement was informed and it is likely they will take him into custody, he said. According to officials, ICE only places detainers on individuals believed to be deportable from the United States. "By having a police officer in the school who knows the kids and has multiple sources of information, we were able to locate this student immediately". (more...)

Neither Tillerson nor Xi addressed a Twitter message Trump posted Friday, in which the president stated that China had "done little to help" the US efforts to contain North Korea's nuclear program. North Korea has conducted a test of a new high-thrust engine at its Tongchang-ri rocket launch station. On Saturday, the USA and China pledged to work together to address the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear programme. (more...)

Receiving the the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, in a private audience at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on Monday, Francis conveyed his "profound sadness" at the Catholic Church's role in the killing of between 800,000 to 1 million ethnic Tutsis and a small number of moderate Hutus by Hutu extremists. (more...)

Observers expect other Democrats to battle hard against Gorsuch's confirmation, in part because Republicans blocked President Obama's lame-duck nomination of Merrick Garland to the court. Supreme Court, faces opposition from many disability advocates . Had Garland been confirmed, the court would have leaned to the left for the first time in decades. (more...)

A Downing Street spokesman said UK Ambassador to the EU Sir Tim Barrow had informed the President's office of May's intention verbally. The Prime Minister will give a statement to MPs in the House of Commons next week, after formally pulling the Brexit trigger. (more...)

India's mobile industry was thrown into turmoil with the launch past year of Reliance Jio Infocomm, the new 4G mobile broadband network built at a cost of more than $20 billion by India's richest businessman, Mukesh Ambani, as part of his Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) conglomerate. (more...)

They were swimming under a waterfall when a giant tree fell on them. The Kintampo waterfalls are surrounded by woodland and are a popular beauty spot for visitors in the west African country. Rescue workers had to use chainsaws to free the trapped children. The incident is the most catastrophic domestic tourism accident in Ghana in the last few years. (more...)

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Spicer said it wasn't covered when officials briefed on the Russian involvement in the election came out and said there was "no involvement to their knowledge between the Trump campaign and Russia". Listen - I don't care about golf. Months ago when the idea of Trump being our president was still a distant possibility, the nominee himself said while sitting next to Governor Chris Christie that he couldn't understand how a president would even leave the ... (more...)

The injured were receiving treatment, he noted. Two men of God are now at each other's throat over who first predicted the Kintampo Waterfalls disaster where about 18 lives were lost and more than 30 persons suffering various degrees of injuries. (more...)

The Winter Games feature 2,700 Special Olympians from 107 countries. The opening ceremony for the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games is today. Not a frown could be seen as over 100 athletes, volunteers and the East Gadsden High School band participated in a Special Olympics Parade that kicks off the event each year. (more...)

Soylu issued the threat on Thursday following a diplomatic row between Ankara and Germany and The Netherlands, fuelled by the latter's ban on allowing Turkish ministers to stage rallies there. Der Spiegel reported that Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim had promised German Chancellor Angela Merkel consular access to Yucel in a telephone call on March 4 but Ankara had not followed up on the promise. (more...)

Britain's ambassador to the EU, Sir Tim Barrow, informed the office of European Council president Donald Tusk on Monday morning of the Prime Minister's plans. We don't know if other European Union countries would agree to Britain going back to renegotiate the deal. The UK government is seeking "a deal that works for every nation and region of the UK and indeed for all of Europe - a new, positive partnership between the UK and our friends and allies in the European Union", Davis added. (more...)

Chris Moore, Frisco ISD spokesman, said that the principal at Liberty decided about seven years ago to set aside a classroom for 30 minutes a day to allow students to pray. There have been no complaints about the prayer room since it was first offered in 2009, the district says. Frisco ISD Superintendent Jeremy Lyon quickly fired back with an open letter of his own. (more...)

Much of what the public already does or does not know comes from press reporting on the election and Trump's administration, which led to many questions during the hearing over leaks from government officials to reporters. "Must find (the) leaker now!" he said. Russian Federation has denied involvement in the hacks, and Trump has denounced the tumult over the Russian Federation connections as a "total witch hunt". (more...)

According to the report , the top 10 non-cooperating counties for declined detainers are Clark County, Nevada; Nassau County, New York; Cook County, Illinois; Montgomery County, Iowa; Snohomish County, Washington; Franklin County, New York; Washington County, Oregon; Alachua County, Florida; Franklin County, Iowa; and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. (more...)

According to numerous reports , USA authorities today alerted a number of Middle Eastern and African airlines that starting soon, their passengers will have to check any electronic items larger than a cell phone. A representative of Saudi Arabian Airlines, based at JFK International Airport in NY, told BuzzFeed News that the ban begins immediately, and covers all electronic devices, excluding cellphones. (more...)

Philadelphia is reportedly one of the largest USA hubs of migrants from Puebla - but Edgar Ramirez , one of the six organizers of the festival, told Al Día that more than 60 percent of people who attend the festival come from outside Philadelphia. (more...)

The article stipulates that the two sides will have until March 2019 to agree on a divorce settlement and - if possible - establish a new relationship between Britain, the world's No. shatters beyond fix any notion or position that the Prime Minister is seeking a UK-wide agreement". The UK's permanent representative in Brussels, Sir Tim Barrow, this morning notified European Council president Donald Tusk that the Prime Minister has chosen Wednesday March 29 as the day to obey the ... (more...)